2024
IYAB
The second group of IYAB, at the service of the Universal Church, meets the Dicastery
From December 9-13, 2024, the First Meeting of New Members of the International Youth Advisory Body (IYAB) is taking place in Rome. Sharing, mutual listening and spirt of mission Twenty young ...
Laity
Intervention by Card. Kevin Farrell to the II International Congress of Confraternities and Popular Piety
The 2nd International Congress of Confraternities and Popular Piety was held from 4 to 8 December in Seville, Spain. The International Congress opened with the reading of Pope Francis' Message ...
Movements and Associations
The proceedings of the Meeting of Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements and New Communities have been published (13 June 2024)
The book, which will soon be translated into English, Spanish, and French, includes the texts of the papers from the day with the Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements ...
WYD
Portuguese and Korean Youth in St. Peter’s basilica for the handover of WYDs Symbols
During the weekend of November 23-24, the 39th World Youth Day was celebrated all around the world. In the Vatican, it was especially celebrated with the ceremonial passing of the Youth Cross ...
WYD
At the end of the celebration, the traditional handing over of WYD symbols from Lisbon to Seoul
The 39th World Youth Day will be celebrated on Sunday, 24 November 2024, the Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe. This year, the Holy Father has chosen as its theme the ...
WYD Seoul 2027
Designed by a team of young people following an online survey, here are its symbols and meanings explained
The design of the logo for the 41st World Youth Day in Seoul, to be held in 2027, was the first step taken by the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) in Seoul and was announced during a Press ...
Formation of the laity
For the success of “Sport for All” in 2022, an award to Santiago Perez de Camino
The TAFISA Friend for Life award ceremony was held on Monday, 11 November, in the main hall of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. In the presence of the Secretary, Dr. Gleison De ...
Family
Gabriella Gambino's greeting to participants
The National Commission for the Pastoral Care of Family and Life of the Uruguayan Conference of Bishops organized the National Meeting of Families, which took place on Saturday, 19 October ...
Marriage
Keynote speech by Professor Gambino at the 54th ASCAI National Congress in Pompei
From 2 to 5 September 2024, the 54th Congress of Associazione Canonistica italiana (ASCAI) took place in Pompei under the theme “Matrimonial consent and lack of faith: teachings and ...
WMOF - 30 Years
Ten World Meetings told in ten minutes, looking towards 2028
On 8 October 1994, Saint John Paul II summoned families from across the world to Rome to celebrate the first World Meeting of Families. It has been thirty years since that first meeting, and ...
IYAB
The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is delighted to announce the appointment of the new members of the International Youth Advisory Body (IYAB), once again composed of 20 young people from ...
WYD
During the Press Conference, the handing over of the WYD symbols, which will take place on 24 November in Saint Peters, was also announced
This morning, 24 September, the Press Conference “Towards World Youth Day Seoul 2027” took place. “You also are my witnesses, because you have been with me” and “Take courage! I have ...
WYD
The experiences of 5 young people in the videos by the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
In preparation for the 39th World Youth Day, which will be celebrated in particular Churches on Sunday, 24 November, on the Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe, the Dicastery for ...
WYD
The dimension of pilgrimage as an inward journey in the Holy Father's Message for the 39th World Youth Day
«Those who hope in the Lord will run and not be weary »: this is the passage from the so-called Book of Consolation (Is 40-55) that guides the Message for the 39th World Youth Day. This year, ...
Youth
The Holy Father meets with young people in Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore
Pope Francis met with young people three times during his long Apostolic Journey in Asian countries, which has just come to an end. In Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore, the Holy ...